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Einar Volsett

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
859 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

We haven't really focused on two, but I think that's what we'll still do.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

I think effectively what we're looking to do is make our money doing our primary business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

We're sort of similar to YC in that we're looking to effectively index broadly into the market.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

And I don't think... And you saw now with YC changing their policy on follow-on investment stuff.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

There's definitely some PR flack.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

And I don't even necessarily know that the returns are as great for YC in that kind of an investment compared to their main fund.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

So realistically... And there's obviously some signaling risk too.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

They follow on a bunch of stuff, except you.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

And so we worry about that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

And I think we're likely to stick with this structure.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

That's like, okay, we're going to focus on what we're good at, which is picking these very early stage companies, guiding them to profitability or to a point where if they wanted to go and get raised VC, they can do that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

Um, but then say, okay, we'll have a provider, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

But effectively our LP base, we extend that right to the LP base and they come in as they want.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

I mean, the math is pretty straightforward.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

The math is like, okay, what's the net margin on a B2B SaaS business north of 2 million?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Einar Volsett on How TinySeed Works

30%, 40%, maybe 50% sometimes.